Apparatus for measuring and mixing liquids.



No. 659,066. Patented 0st. 2, |900. H. G. IRMIGER & J. MGCARTHY.

APPARATUS FOB MEASURING AND MIXING LlllUlDS.

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HENRY G. IRMIGER AND JAMES MCOARTHY, OF GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND MIXING LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 659,066, dated October 2, 1900. Application filed June 26,1899. vRenewed Apri119,1900. Serial No.13,514. (No model.)

To all, whomit may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY G. IRMIGER and JAMES MCCARTHY, citizens of the United States, residing at Green Bay, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, have invented neW and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring, Diluting, and Mixing Washing Compounds, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide an apparatus which may serve as an attachment for washing-machines, by means of which the washing compounds or chemicals employed may be accurately measured, diluted, and mixed with water and fed into the Washingcylinder, all Without the use of measuringcans and the like and without danger of spilling the same'.

The invention consists of a diluting and mixing cylinder, an agitator in said cylinder, a series of tanks or containers for the dierent chemicals, having valved communication with said cylinder, and measuring devices on said tanks.

It also consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this specification the iigure is a sectional side elevation.

Our improved device is made up of a mixing and diluting cylinder 1, adapted to be suitably supported adjacent to the washingmachine and having a discharge-pipe 2 leading therefrom, provided with a Acock or cutoff 3 and communicating with the Washingmachine. The said cylinder is further provided with a valved inlet-'pipe 4, through which hot or cold Water, or a mixture of both, m'ay be admitted to the interior. The quantity of water in the cylinder may be determined by the gage 5. On the inside of the cylinder 1 is an agitator 6 in the form of paddles or blades, havingopenings 7 therein and secured to a central shaft' 8, which has one end extended through the cylinder-head and is provided with a crank 9.

Above the cylinder 1 is a series of cylindrical tanks 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, ive being shown, although it is obvious that there may be a greater or a smaller number, as occa-V sion may require. These tanks contain the chemicals or compounds which are used in cleansing the clothes. For example, the tank 10 may contain bluing, the tank 11 acid, the tank 12 bleachingcompound, the tank 13 ammonia, and the tank 14 solution of borax. Each of said tanks is provided with a fillingopening at its upper end and with a pipe 15 at its lower end, which leads through the wall of the cylinder 1 and has a cock or cut-off 16 therein. Each of said tanks is further provided with a transparent measuring-tube 17, extending along the outside thereof, communicating with the interior of the tank at its upper and lower ends and having graduations thereon indicating liquid ounces or other convenient units of measure.

Our apparatus is intended to be constructed of such size that the tanks Aor containers 10, 11', 12, 13, and 14 will hold enough chemicals to supply the Washing-machine with which it is used for a period of about a week, so that refilling is required only at relatively long intervals. Starting with the tanks filled, the operation of the device is as follows: Say, for example, it is desired to introduce two ounces of bluing to the washing machine. The valve or cock in the inlet-pipe 4 is opened to admit the proper quantity of water into the cylinder 1, the same being determined by the water-gage 5. The said valve or cock is then closed and the cock 16 in the pipe 15 opened to allow a portion of the contents of the tank 10 to iiow into said cylinder. When the measuring-tube 17 indicates that two ounces have passed from the said tank, the cock 16 is closed and the crank 9 on the shaft 8 turned. This action causes a rotation of the agitator 6, with the result that the bluing and water are thoroughly mixed or commingled and are ready to be fed into the washing-machine. This latter step is carried out by opening the cock or cut-off 3 and allowing the mass to pass ont of the cylinder 1 through the dischargepipe 2. An operation similar to that above described would be performed on the other tanks if different chemicals or compounds are desired.

From the foregoing description it will be noted that we have provided an extremely simple and effective device by means of which the constant handling of chemicals is avoided and an accurate measurement and dilution of IOO inder having valved inlet'and discharge pipes, an agitator therein, a Water-gage thereon, a series of tanks for the chemicals located above said cylinder, pipes respectively connecting said tanks with said cylinder, cocks or cutois in said pipes, and a graduated measuring-tube for each of said tanks.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witneSSBS.

HENRY G. IRMIGER. JAMES MCCARTHY. Witnesses:

Jos. A. BOILEAU, N. J. MONAHAN. 

